A model of a solar eruption affected by a solar wind

  • Lee, Hwanhee (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Magara, Tetsuya (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kang, Jihye (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Satoshi, Inoue (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • An, Jun-Mo (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University)
  • Published : 2014.10.13

Abstract

We investigate how a solar eruption occurs in an environment where a solar wind exists during a pre-eruptive phase. To understand it, we have performed three-dimensional simulations based on a zero-beta magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations in various ways to drive an eruption with a solar wind. A pre-eruptive state is derived by applying a nonlinear force-free reconstruction method to a flux emergence full MHD simulation. We discuss what is the most appropriate way to drive a solar wind-related eruption.

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